Autonomous vehicle laws
March 2023
Does the driving automation law/provision... | ||||
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State | What type of driving automation on public roads does the law/provision permit? | Require an operator to be licensed? | Require an operator to be in the vehicle? | Require liability insurance? |
Alabama | deployment — commercial motor vehicles only | not addressed | no | yes; $2,000,000 |
Arizona | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 1 | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 2 | yes |
Arkansas | deployment — commercial purposes only | yes | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 3 | yesFootnote 4 |
California | deployment | depends on vehicleFootnote 5 | no | yes; $5,000,000 |
Colorado | deployment | no | not addressed | no |
Connecticut | testing | yes | yes | yes; $5,000,000 |
District of Columbia | testing | yesFootnote 6 | no | yes; $5,000,000 |
Florida | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 7 | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 2 | yes |
Georgia | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 7 | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 2 | yesFootnote 8 |
Hawaii | testing | not addressed | yes | not addressed |
Illinois | testing | yes | yes | yes |
Iowa | deployment | yes | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 2 | yes |
Kansas | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 1 | noFootnote 9 | yes |
Louisiana | deployment — commercial motor vehicles only | depends on vehicleFootnote 10 | no | yes; $2,000,000 |
Maine | testing | not addressed | no | yes; $5,000,000 |
Massachusetts | testing | yes | yes | yesFootnote 11 |
Michigan | depends on vehicleFootnote 12 | yes | no | yes |
Nebraska | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 1 | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 2 | yes |
Nevada | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 7 | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 2 | yesFootnote 13 |
New Hampshire | deployment | depends on vehicleFootnote 14 | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 2 | yesFootnote 15 |
New Mexico | testing | depends on vehicleFootnote 16 | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 2 | yes; $5,000,000 |
New York | testing | yes | yes | yes; $5,000,000 |
North Carolina | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 7 | no | yes |
North Dakota | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 7 | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 2 | yes |
Ohio | testing | yes | no | yes |
Oklahoma | deployment | not addressed | no | yes; $1,000,000 |
Pennsylvania | deployment (effective 07/01/23) | yes (effective 07/01/23) | no (effective 07/01/23) | yes; $1,000,000 (effective 07/01/23) |
Tennessee | deployment | no | no | yes; $5,000,000 |
Texas | deployment | no | no | yes |
Utah | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 7 | no | yes |
Vermont | testing | yes | yes | yes; $5,000,000 |
Virginia | testing | not addressed | not addressed | no |
Washington | testing | depends on whether operator present in vehicle | no | yes; $5,000,000 |
West Virginia | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 7 | no | yesFootnote 17 |